diff --git a/ui/org.eclipse.pde.core/src/org/eclipse/pde/core/target/LoadTargetDefinitionJob.java b/ui/org.eclipse.pde.core/src/org/eclipse/pde/core/target/LoadTargetDefinitionJob.java
index dd2052422a..33d15636a2 100644
--- a/ui/org.eclipse.pde.core/src/org/eclipse/pde/core/target/LoadTargetDefinitionJob.java
+++ b/ui/org.eclipse.pde.core/src/org/eclipse/pde/core/target/LoadTargetDefinitionJob.java
@@ -185,4 +185,11 @@ private void resetPlatform(IProgressMonitor monitor) {
 		PDECore.getDefault().getFeatureModelManager().targetReloaded();
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @since 3.17
+	 */
+	public static Object getFamily() {
+		return JOB_FAMILY_ID;
+	}
+
 }
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diff --git a/ui/org.eclipse.pde.ui/src/org/eclipse/pde/internal/ui/PDEPlugin.java b/ui/org.eclipse.pde.ui/src/org/eclipse/pde/internal/ui/PDEPlugin.java
index ef4fac33b9..0d202c9af5 100644
--- a/ui/org.eclipse.pde.ui/src/org/eclipse/pde/internal/ui/PDEPlugin.java
+++ b/ui/org.eclipse.pde.ui/src/org/eclipse/pde/internal/ui/PDEPlugin.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.ErrorDialog;
 import org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.IDialogSettings;
 import org.eclipse.jface.preference.IPreferenceStore;
+import org.eclipse.pde.core.target.LoadTargetDefinitionJob;
 import org.eclipse.pde.internal.core.PDEPreferencesManager;
 import org.eclipse.pde.internal.ui.launcher.PDELogFileProvider;
 import org.eclipse.pde.internal.ui.shared.target.RepositoryBundleContainerAdapterFactory;
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.ui.internal.views.log.ILogFileProvider;
 import org.eclipse.ui.internal.views.log.LogFilesManager;
 import org.eclipse.ui.plugin.AbstractUIPlugin;
+import org.eclipse.ui.progress.IProgressService;
 import org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.IDocumentProvider;
 import org.osgi.framework.BundleContext;
 
@@ -214,6 +216,18 @@ public void start(BundleContext context) throws Exception {
 		LogFilesManager.addLogFileProvider(fLogFileProvider);
 
 		TargetStatus.initializeTargetStatus();
+		registerProgressIcon();
+	}
+
+	protected void registerProgressIcon() {
+		if (!PlatformUI.isWorkbenchRunning()) {
+			return;
+		}
+		IProgressService service = PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getProgressService();
+		if (service == null) {
+			return;
+		}
+		service.registerIconForFamily(PDEPluginImages.DESC_TARGET_DEFINITION, LoadTargetDefinitionJob.getFamily());
 	}
 
 	@Override